"Things like house spiders, where they have funnel-shaped webs everywhere around houses and in every nook and cranny," Mr Shoard said. "They are also black and can get quite big, so people assume ...

Britain is home to an array of different spiders, but which ones are the biggest and are you likely ... they weave nursery webs around their egg sacs for protection." BBC Countryfile explains ...

It is the largest orb-weaver in Britain, with the females often growing up to 2cm (body length). The wasp spider is commonly spotted in gardens across southern England. A female nursery-web spider can ...

From the cardinal to the fen raft spider, BBC Countryfile has come up with a list of the six biggest spiders found in the UK and where to find them. Introducing the list, the BBC experts said: ...